Some feel that these tests are a good way to compare students city, state, and nation wide. While others feel that these tests are created unfairly and that they place too much pressure on teachers to "teach the test". ... This article has taken another look at state develop tests. For students to graduate high school they must take the High School Proficiency Test (HSPT). ... Education needs standardized tests, but standardized tests need more work....

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Some of these tests have more influence on a student's success than others, and these are identified as high-stakes or standardized tests. ... While the government insists that standardized tests are a necessary part of education many others feel that the tests are unfair and biased representations of schools' success. Not only has standardized testing created a whole new style of teaching, called 'teaching to the test', it has created an increase in the stress levels of students, teachers, and administrators. ... In an article about the impact of high-stakes testing, Nata...

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In other words these tests are valid. These standardized tests are also reliable. ... Any test is a sampling device. The main reason that a good objective, standardized test is fairer than a good performance test is that, for a test of reasonable length, a good standardized test can probe a much larger and more representative sample of the subject (domain) being sampled. ... If a content (knowledge) domain is being tested, then a good standardized test can sample a bigger portion of the whole domain than can a performance test which takes the same amount of time to complete. ...

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In the article "The High-Stakes Testing..." ... Orfield and Wald suggest that the reform movement of high stakes testing has worsened the educational problem; that tests are unfair to minority students, "undermine teachers," and refuse high school graduation to students who do not pass a one-shot test (1). ... Also, Orfield and Wald point out that high stakes testing narrows the curriculum by teaching to the test. ... Many students are taught how to pass the test, but do not comprehend the material. ... "The High-Stakes Testing Mania Hurts Poor and Minority Students The Most: Testing, Test...

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This process allows for the test makers to see if the test really tests what they say it does and to be able to set up the scoring tables. ... The test is then given to the students a few times to make sure that the test makers are getting an accurate score for each student. ... Standardized tests can be giving to show growth in students" knowledge in a content area or what that test tests. ... The tests are being used for the wrong propose. ... The tests should be used to feed instruction. ...

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This is a good example that he uses to show the reader what testing was originally used for to compare to what testing is used for now. ... Also my parents were always on my case about studying for tests. A good thing that Goodman does in his essay is that he does give reasons to keep testing and ways to improve testing. ... I know that if I were given tests that have no value then I would not take the test as serious as I would if the test had consequences or rewards (Barnett 17). ... He is sympathetic to those students who do not test well. ...

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Educators motivated by impending sanctions imposed on those with low-test scores have tailored their instruction to match the test; they have lowered student expectations and narrowed down the school curriculum to the subject matter on the test. The need to make test performance the first priority forced many teachers to push topics and activities that did not appear on the test to the end of the school year, after testing is finished. ... The results of a national survey of teachers by researchers at Boston College documented that over a hundred hours of instruction time is spent on test-ta...

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She goes on stating that under NCLB, what a teacher is all about comes down to the performance on a single test (Lewis 2003). ... In it, elementary teachers must pass a "rigorous" state test in all subject matter in order to get certified. ... The provisions include funding to create, publish, and administor the test, the cost to help teachers meet these requirements, and the cost to employ overseers to ensure the tests are conducted in a "scientific manner"(Lewis 2003). ... Using this example shows an obvious potentially failed fortune of mass teacher testing across the nation. ... She i...

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Too much testing, and putting too much value into the tests has created a problem in which many teachers now strictly teach to the materials on the test, creating better scores, but decreasing overall knowledge. ... But the problem is not only in the test scores themselves. The bigger problem this creates is that when everyone looks at our test scores, and demands we do better, teachers end up teaching only to the test in some cases. ... This also reduces effort from the teachers, who know just look over a test and write a lesson plan emphasizing the questions or main points of a test. ...

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Students need to learn more skills from a teacher other than how to pass a test. ... I'm worried about tomorrow's test." ... Other kids will give up, figuring they aren't good test takers, so why bother studying.... Some would disagree and say that the national standardized test is a good idea. ... Where a good school passes this test and the bad school fails. ...

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State tests should be an option for each student who decides to participate. State tests can be a hassle and sometimes depressing. ... They can take the tests and see which levels they need to improve on. ... They should give the teenager an option of when to take the test and they will decide when, that way, they can study as long as they would like to and take the test when they are prepared. Therefor the teenager can test their progress optionally. ...

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A solid GPA says a lot more than one test. ... It is not fair to judge twelve years of education on one test. ... The idea of taking a test on all of those skills is ridiculous. ... Taking an end of the year test would help this situation. ... Every class would now be tracked not only by a letter grade but a test grade. ...

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With as much as 45 school days being taken up by standardized testing and school funding being cut drastically, education is quickly becoming a rising problem in Texas. ... In 2012, the new STAAR (State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness) testing system replaced the old TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) testing system and this has created even more problems for the students and school districts in Texas. The TAKS test only required 4 tests for high school graduation, while the STAAR requires 15 tests, and the student must pass them all. STAAR tests count for 15% of a st...

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An increase in the number of certified teachers and exit tests are vital for students in today's society in order to succeed. ... School systems brainwash their students into believing that as long as they have the information memorized on test day, they will not need to know it again. ... In today's society, teachers have learned to just teach the test. Teachers need to learn that the test should come from what is taught in the classroom, not what is taught in the classroom from the test. ... In order to change school systems, districts need to start by increasing the number of...

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Schools are no longer teaching to the student, they are teaching to test. This brings into play the commercialization of education and the amount of money that is being spent on the current standardized tests and teaching for these tests. ... Another point to be made regarding the standardized testing is that these tests cost money. ... In the same form, students need to be educated, not prepared for a test. ... With the commercialization of mass testing, teachers do not have time to have creativity in a classroom. ...

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Banks have made a profound impact on my view towards multicultural education and the nation's current trend of standardization and high-stakes testing. ... A high-stakes test is a test with important consequences for whom is being tested. ... The important goal of using high-stakes testing is to measure and improve student and school system performance is laudable, it is also important that such tests are scored properly too. Mostly public schools use hiigh-stakes testing because he federal and state goovernment is demanding it. ... In fact, the high stakes testing and standardization of ...

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" (I) It's unfair for teachers to be evaluated on student test-scores, especially as 50%. ... This brings teachers to mostly focus on test prep in order to help a student do well on their exam. ... " (II) Test anxiety is common in almost all students when taking either the Regents or Common-Core exam. "New Common Core tests with a general outcry against their length, difficulty, and inappropriate content students reported feeling overstressed and underprepared-meeting the tests with shock, anger, tears, and anxiety. Administrators requested guidelines for handling tests st...

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This became the beginning of the standardized test era in schools. ... A recent article addressed the affect these standardized tests have on students' college success. Due to the close correlation between the standardized tests and school funding, teachers are under immense stress to ensure their students perform well on the tests (4). This causes a majority of instructional time to be spent on only the material covered by the tests. ... Students become test oriented due to the multiple choice nature of the tests rather than critical thinkers. ...

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The differences in high school versus college consist of personal freedom, the classes, teachers or professors, studying, tests, and finally the grades. ... Consequently, the tests at both of these levels differ. High school tests are frequent and usually cover small amounts of material, whereas college tests are usually infrequent and may be cumulative, covering large amounts of material. Teachers often allow makeup tests, unlike professors, who seldom allow them to be an option. ... Consistently good high school homework grades may help raise your overall grade when test grades are l...

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The differences in high school versus college consist of personal freedom, the classes, teachers or professors, studying, tests, and finally the grades. ... Consequently, the tests at both of these levels differ. High school tests are frequent and usually cover small amounts of material, whereas college tests are usually infrequent and may be cumulative, covering large amounts of material. Teachers often allow makeup tests, unlike professors, who seldom allow them to be an option. ... Consistently good high school homework grades may help raise your overall grade when test grades are l...

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Low salaries was the biggest factor, along with standardized tests and heavy paperwork. I understand how standardized testing can drive teachers away from teaching because I taught last year in a school that was test driven. They cared more about what the test said than about how the students were doing the rest of the year. As teachers, we were expected to teach to the test and were not allowed to be creative. ... The school cares about tests, but also about the lives of its students the rest of the year. ...

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If they failed the physical test, they would be doomed to middle class and lose all their rights. In spite of this fact, Spartan women who had failed their test still had quite a bit of freedom for Greek women because their husbands were usually not at home2. ... Like the girls, at the age of about eighteen to twenty, boys were required to pass a test. Unlike the test for girls, which only showcased fitness, the test for men was on fitness, leadership skills, and military excellence. If one failed these test, he would be stripped of his rights, but if he passed, he would become a full cit...

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These tests were used for no more than to compare students' educational performances to one another. ... With the growing number of mandated tests by education officials, unfortunately more "schooling" was involved. ... Finland holds a belief that standardized tests are not necessary in measuring a student's academic success. ... Regardless of standardized tests scores, students are meant to be educated. ... Schooling today continuously emphasizes the use of standardized tests to designate the future educational role of a student. ...

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Bias in educational materials used, teachers' expectations, tracking, testing bias, linguistic differences, and lack of positive role models all combine to offer a less than comprehensive education. ... Until then, it is difficult to accurately grade a child on a test subject given in Classroom of America 6 the English language. ... Testing bias is yet another aspect that leads to inequality in the educational system. On average, minorities score lower than whites on standardized ...

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To begin with, it is obvious that the progress made in every field of study over the past thousand years is marvelous, but the methods of testing a person's knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever they were. ... The reason is that the current educational system does not aim at students' quality, but only at developing their ability to perform well on the test. In this regard, exam may be a good means of testing memory, but they can tell you nothing person's true ability and aptitude. ... To summarize, exams are a primitive method of testing and knowledge and abilit...

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